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EYES OF THE EAST TURNED TO THE WESTAS A FIELD FOR PROFITABLE INVESTMENTGovernment Appropriations for Irrigation Ought to Mark an Epoch in Commercial Development of the Northwest.SPPCIAL IL0 Ti)) 'i) IV~III)NtTAPV.Washington. Jan. 26.- rihc aceptailnLCeby cungr(r a of the principle of fcedral aidin the c os) mcjtiot) of irrigation woirks inthe at'tern .tatty has g ivelln a gnat inl-pttita to (very indlintry itn that nytiot) ofthe coittitry. TIhe peopl o~f the eastcrnStatesc are jn~t hcgiiiiutig to Ti;,ifl' the tip.portitniti ! uttertd in thit territoiry to lieopti)c iti l . Alt tih' p ripsitiofl nlrti iipta tile of iiiiiugrato at i'1 it)( vitarlly .etIn ttd this \ iton "II trt:tc of the11o0't pt tpulo.tu i i .i o·ni i~ r nicrfin in the(titnttti \\ itit laurge ,e nat. of tcc'timaiitlutlan alnd pletty of avaiiaiii a~it Nlm -tttni ut.jpci; iy itill ).v icjuitul tihethe actua~l woik -if 'urt evin1:. lo, acingant cntutitructing rteirm ;.nd i i tior Irrituc tiit w itks. %iill Ie donr I.' % tie l ln o Iiteal SutreIyI. In orile to oh,; in alittterIrngatitntil. the lor ttin if the areau imcifated. i:uld to gaitn --:hur itt finintatiin usefunlTHIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL TRIESTO POISON HER ADOPTED PARENTSConfesses T'hat She Gave Them Rat Dope and OtherDrugs---Wanted Their Property.Mr. and %It. Isaace It. Kncii~olcey of thiiscity, who wna recenrtly stet to the Suqquchatnna \'allty hone, at I inghanallllltln,bnt H written homeI1 a rclnll l"iiol thalt 'heCi~ad been !ty·ctcll~aticall y ;,ilnii iistcriic gpoison to her f-titr itircot'. wit h th hr opeof killinig tlin thao t so i t-c mold II tatijftheir trtorprty.Itr. ad \I tr.. Kni' lt. 1,:iuv trn maleCWANI TO BE FRONDSEngland is Snatching atAny Old Straw inThese Days.E" A 'OFtlAlf 1' l HIE4.LConlon, .ln. an.--llardly any attentionhas been pilid to the nololtiuncemlentllt thatthe Alask:an Ihoundlary treaty has beensigned. 'lhe i laily 'elegrallh, however,a\ls there will Ie universal satisfactioncti bItth .ides of the Atlantic at the prospect of clinin.tinio tilthe lat grountd frdisagreeni; t A ltt. e.l England and America. Ihe annllnllceellClt coll.ea at a Ilostolportlue nmllet, tur it tlght to cnivillcC the Illnt ,ti born that a. far asthrese two cui.tti . are eleerllntd. if aceitai nill elmhr if lhatt the I;crman IthaLncellr c:dil, ".\Achivi" have lost their halance, the "lkgin' at least have kept theirhe;ds.LEOPOLD MND ED01ETwo Kings Have TheirHeads Together on aNew Scheme.Fti .i-s IAll'l IVit F2.london, J:n. .6.- I he khing of the Bellitns lhas pai;d a private visit to London 11nfurtherance of a new schemlte for the letter governmelnet of the .oitgo |ree State.It is reported to be his Intenition to introdtuce a strotng Itritish element into the administrationl 4I1 that colo)ny. ing I.eopohl, it is helued, habn taken lhis step as aimeans of weakeningl the growing demandfor an international intiitry into the truestate of offairs in the C'lgo lfree State,but it is not surprisinig to learn that thewish to strengthen his admlinlistration Iby afew colmpetent Englllshtellntl has createdmuch indiignation in Brussells.HAS A LODGE AT COLUMBUSCaptain Dutton Is Booming the Temperance Campaign.Captain t1. C. Dutton, the famous temperance lecturer, has fornled a Good 'clempllars lodge at Columbus, Montana, andGood Tempilars organizations in otherSarts of the state, hith adult and juvenile.tie closed a series of temlperance lectures,delivered at ditierent points in Montana,on Saturday night, and returned to Butte.His temperance revivals attracted greatattention wherever he went, and he expresses much satisfaction at his success.e expects much good to result front thetour in the interest of abstinence fromintoxicants.CALL FOR BOWLING MEETChampions Are to Get Together at Indianapolis February 23.sY AS.oC'ATF.D PRI.SS.Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 26.- I he call for thetournament of the American Bowlingcongress to be held at Indianapolis, Febru.ary 23 to March I, has been just issued.IPOE BilIsa-room brick, zsis South Arizona, 4-room frame, 423 So. Ohio, $S8.oo.$27. 4-room frame, 513 South Wyoming,io-room frame, zsa West Porphyry, $15.oo.$25.oo. 4-room modern brick, 528 So. Wyoso-room brick, i133 Nevada, $a5.oo. ming, $ao.oo.so-room frame, 3o4 West Granite, 4-room frame, ass So. Wyo., $s6.oo.$35.oo. 4-room brick, z123 So. Arizona, $s5.9-room modern brick, Iowa avenue, 4-room frame, 2osi \V. Woolman,$jo.oo. $,8.00.6-room frame, 310 So. Idaho, s$.oo. 4-room modern flat, 709 South Wyo6-room brick, :o2a California, s.50o. ming, $2o.oo.7-room brick, W. Broadway, so.oo. 3-room modern brick, South Main,6-room brick, Delaware at., $a .oo. $18.oo.i-room modern brick, West Side, 3-room frame, McQueen Add., $sz.oo.$40.00. 3-room mod, brick, So., Wyoming,5-room frame, near Star West mine, $ m8.oo.$1o.oo. a modern roome, W. Granite, inS-room brick, 942 South Wyoming, chluding light, s$a.oo.$Is.oo. Stores in all parts of town.FORIL ALE Furniture of ia-room lodging house-must sell at once-bargain.THE THOMPION ,O.fle INSUTANCE LOANS, EAL ESTATE. I WEST 8ROADWAY, BUTErrin thin work, the Fifty-seventh congressauthorized the director of the census tobring down to tiate the irrigation statisticsll;obtainedl in 900oo hy that ofnice. Letters ofilntiry anid schedlues ;re now lieilg sentoult t selttre the necessary information.\ll interested in irrigation hhouhl answera;,s fully and as promptly as possible anyihimldirieVs th y maly receive so that themerits of the variouns sctionsl of the country may biecrome knowtn. Irrigators wh3do Inot receive btanks withint a reasonalbletime shourtil totify the crnsus office atW',hillnton inld they will be suippliedl.It is il.ter..sting to note in this connectiol how ni lith it ill i man to the cotitryilt a.e to hoe the arndl lands of tihe i estAccorduling to the c(llsusl of tuloo the totalimnlr , I farnm area of the I 'nited. Statesw;as , .l.,oni,. n acres. It is constcrvatiiely e.tinr-atl td that the reclainal le areais I.,.t thIin tII So,ooo,.oo acres. Its recla, mhion, there fore, will ldd nearly onenighthl to the aicutal cropl producing areaof the ,country ;nul wv illt exceed by a liberal%cry ill latrly af ter their mleals anud dire.Knisreey is 110w onii invalid as lte rceult,it is allegedl, of the lpoioun takren ilnto hersy stmIII.ot neirtime Mr. anidl MlrM. Kniselcy ateu;ri11nvuI meat and were poionedl. Physicians attributed the illnuc to thc cannin11g. About thc samue timore a ta eighborifut!-lrm.I the Kniwcleys that Nellie hadtohld their daughter that whenh tIer fosteral.rent were dead she would have theENGLAND IS CAISPAWKaiser Is Suing Edward toVent His Spite UponThis Country.nV ASS. ('IAIfI) I'tlSS.I .Londlon, J.. t6.- ' he ,Anglo-(;krrnanalli:'l'ce hlc.(lIlmes more unlpoular every day.Rightly or wrongly, the feliing is growingthat the Iterlin govetrnirment is doing its bestto iinvlv.e IEnkglaInd in a qaurrel with.\ crica. It is dillicult to say what willihe tile ultctome of the San Carllos incidenlt.I(enry Norman, who is one of the ablestcrl'its of florign all airs in the house ofcrlonotis, points out that although tihelMonroe doctriine has been fiormally recognizrel by g;reat BIritain, it has been recog.nii id by I;rlllany, and as nobodily who5, lolwI t'eririn opinion closely doubtis for art.llt ilerit 1ia a misundelll.rstanlIding betweenthis coutry ind \lllmerica would ibe veryfar from 1 eaing a nla..er for sorrow inIetlrmany, it was a mtiaster stroke oit diplornacy for the kaiser to inveigle (GreatItritain into this alliante for the jointactioin wilhin the sphere of the Monroedoctrine.SAILOR PREACHERTO BRAVE A[LANTICWILL SAIL HOME TO EUROPE IN ANEAT LITTLE CRAFT OF HISOWN DESIGN.IlY AS.Oi'IA I:ED 1'iN s5.New lHaven, Conn., Jan. 6.--"' ric theRed" will be the name of a Ioat built fora clergyliman who pilarns to sail her acrossthe Atlantic to his old horme in Norway.The owner is somewhat advanced in years,bult was a sailor when young. Ilis nameis withheld for the present by Capt. C. W.Foster, who is building the ship.The clergyman left Norway about 40years ago as a sailor ald followed th:sea a number of years, but finally studiedtheology. He designed the craft himself.She will be yawl rigged, 50 feet long, tsfeet heam and five and a half feet draught,and will have ample cabin accoltmmodationlsfor three or four people.She will be equiipped with a So-horsepower engine.Don't Worry.This is easier said than done, yet it maybe of some help to consider the matter.If the cause is something over which youhave no control it is obvious that worryingwill not help the matter in the least. Onthe other hand, if within your control youhave only to act. When you have a coldand fear an L.ttack of pneumonia, buy abottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedyanl use it judiciously and all cause forworry as to the outcome will quickly disappear. There is no danger of pneumonia when it is used. For sale by JTaxson &Rockefeller, Newbro Drug Co., Christie &Lcys, Newton ilros.Meet me at :he haster. 0margin the tillable land of all the state,exceptinqg New York, on the Atlantic coastfrom Maine to Florida. Allowing 4oacres, the average site of irrigatedt fari.,this area will make t,25o,o0o farms, or alittle less than one-fourth the number hithe tUnited States in 19oo. The oculpantsof these farms will add directly to the pop.ulation 6.250,ooo, and indirectly, in theaccompanying mercantile, professional,itanulfatcttrringl anr industrial classes atleast ,15,oo00 mllor, a total iincrease inthe pop,(ition of the ILnited States of9,.175,o'0 or nearly 12% per cent.'The total value of all the farms int,oon, includingtl all imuiprovements exceptbuildings, was $13.11q ,ooo. At $42.5o peracre, the average vahlue of irrigated land,the 50,o.oo-o acres to be reclaimed wlladd to the value of farm land $S .ao,ooo..oo. If huildings are ihnclued. the value willlie increased $775,.001, 0. ,. while theatrgumented wealth throtugh railroads,cities, nills and factories, is be)ond eatiItation.The annuttial value of :all the farm proproperty and that she had given them adose which should kill them.Mr. and Mrs. Kuiseley then recalled thatthe girl asked them who would get theirproperty if they ,oth died.After they had been ill again they discovered that a package of rat poison haddisappeared. They accused the girl ofputting poison in their food, but she hadprotested that she was eating the samefood that they were. She is next allegedto have told a girl companion that she intended to give her foster parents anotherdose and run away to l'ennsylvania. Thegirl was then sent to the Susquchannahome.In her confession Nellie says she feelssorry for what she has done.CARRIED TO 'FRISCOVolcanic Ashes From Gautemala Carried There byWind and Rain.R'. A.'(( IA IDn I'RI Ss.San Francisco, Jan. .6.--Sm;all patchesof an extremely line white sand or dustwere seen on maniy asphalt paved streetstolay whten the rain last night had dried.Scientists say this dust must have fallenwith the raitn as anything like it was neverseen here Iefore. It is tIlieved to havecomne from the volcano of Santa Maria inS;uatemala which br,oke out in violntcrulltiolt October 14 and caused the ruinof a great area of cultivated country.The theory is that the dust. being tighter ttihant air, was carried two thotmusantdmiles from the point of its ascension.Meet me at the Pfinter.THE OLD, OLD STORYGirl Didn't Know It WasLoaded and the BoyMay Not Live.BY AS.'.ltIAI ED PRI SS,New York, Jan. 26.-.Miss I-Isie ilerron,so years old, shot and serioutsy wounldedher cousin L.ester Carroll, 14 years old,while sIte was visiting the family."1 didn't know it was loaded," protestedMdiss lierron, when she was arrested.The girl took l.ester tip stairs to showhim her father's new revolver. She pointed it at him in play. Just then the pistolwent oil and the bullet struck the boy inthe chest, Ilis chances ut revoery areabout even.ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBIN CHILD'S LEFT NOSTRILJInquisitive Babe Strangles From PeculiarAccident-Distracted Parents Unable to Find Doctor.BY AaShtO'A'IED PRESS,New York, Jan. 26.-\Vhen EdwardLang, driver for a department store, returned home, last night, he laid on thedining room table the small electric lampand battery, which he used in readingthe names on doors when delivering goodssafter night.Suddenly his little daughter Annie spiedthe lamp. Site touched the button andthe little bulb. 'Then she put the bulb inher motlth. It was but an inch long andhalf an inch in circumference. Somehowthe bulb broke oti and slipped down herthroat. iler mother heard the little childstrangle and the father ran for a physician.He was gone half an hour and found nodoctor at home. lie then decided to callan ambulance and the child was removedto a hospital and tracheotomy performed.Before the operation was completed, littl4Annie was dead. The physicians finallplocated the glass bulb in the child's nostril, It is supposed the mother had stecceeded in clearing the child's throat, butthe child was too far gone to recoverher breath and really died of strangulation.WANTED.We would like to ask, through the cotlumns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green's August Flowesfor the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia andLiver Troubles that has not been cured-and we also mean their results, such assour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual costiveness, nervous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent feelings, sleeplessness-in fact, any trouble connected with thestomach or liver? This medicine has beensold for many years in all civilised couwtries, and we wish to correspond with youand send you one of our books free of cost.We have never known of its failing. If so,something more serious is the matter withyou. Regular size, 75 cents. At ell drug'gists. G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. J.For sale by the Newbro Drug companyand the J. T. Finlen Drug company.Moeet se at the firstg, .ducts in 900oo was $4,379,oo,ooo. Theaverage value per acre of products of irrigated lands was $14.8:. At this rate thearea to be reclaimed will add productsworth $74o,5oo,ooo, an addition of nearlyone-sixth of the life sustaining powers ofthe country.The number of irrigating ditches andcanals in operation in the United Statesexceeds zo,ooo, and their combined lengthi. not less than So,ooo miles. If joined,i1id to end they would reach twice aroundtih world. Formed into one they would.i.s titlute a navigable canal, such as the1I. i.. to feet wide and five feet deep. exIti ling from San Francisco to New York,I listance of over 3,,ooo miles.I he figures of the last census show thatthe works required to irrigate 7.a63,a73:I.es cost $64.a89,6oI, an average of $8.85Ij r acre. At this rate the expenditure re,luiu'd to reclaim the area proposed wouldIe at leiast $415o,ooo.oOO. After the govern(.int has performed its part there will beI., delay by the farmers in carrying on theNirk. While the initial expense is enor,nuu,, it is not comparable with the value,if the crops which will be grown on thel:aiIh reclaimed. The total cost of all theirrigation works in use in the country isIonly three-fourths the value of the cropsIr,,lced each year on irrigated lands.BLUE AND GAY TO1JOIN HANDSLee, Lincoln and Davis Areto Be Toasted at NewYork Banquet.Yv AssOCIAl.ED raiS's.New l ork. Jan. a6.-'There will be a slgnificant meet at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight when the Confederate Veterans'Camp of New York will hold its thirteenthannual banquet to which both Northernersantd Southerners have been invited.Charles Francis Adams, a former unionsoldier, will respond to the toast "GeneralRobert E. I.ee,' and Col. Henry Watterson, an old confederate soldier, will respind to the toast "Abraham Lincoln."It is even more significant to the spiritof the ocasion that the toast "JeffersonD)avis." will be responded to in this cityby a Northern official, W'illiam HepburnRussell, commissioner of public accounts.DE SHAZO SPENT TIMEIN JAIL 'IN SALT LAKEGentleman Who Made Away With Himself in Butte Bore an UnsavoryReputation Down in Utah.A letter received in this city yesterdayby an official of the police departmentfrom Salt Lake contains the followingabout Burt I)e Shazo, the yoi.ung fellowwho commnitted suicide in the county jailin this city on Thursday last:"De Slhao was well known in Salt.lake and vicinity, especially among thenificials, with whom lie has had manydealings during the past two years. Mostof the time lie was in Salt Lake lie remained in jail for larceny or robbery.lust before lie left the city a few weeksago hie announced that lie had reformedmdll wouhl seek to keep in the straightand nlarrow path. T'he officials, at thetimes of his disappearance, suggested thathe hadcl merely gone to a Ilew field, wherehis face was not familiar to every policetiicer."l. Ib'ega:ln his career three years agoil this city. when as a boy of io he refuled to marry a woman lie had ruinedolulder promise of marriage. After servingSs~hort term for that offense he was rebIl"sd, but w as again behind the harshirmtly iafterwards on a charge of lar.ceny. A ftcr that he was arrested asfretluitllly as he was released from jail,always foir larceny, robbery or obtainingloley utinder false pretenses. On one,ccasion lie stood off with a gun threepIlice officers, who were trying to arresthint. and made good his escape. Severaldlaritng robberies and hold-ups have beenlaid at his door, but there was no evidenceto convict hint."Ilia parents and sisters live at Bountiful, where he was born."Dr. GermanTHE DBNTIST,Has Resumed Practice.ll Ia2 NORTR MAIN.Six Million Dollars Spent by theU. P. R. R. Co.In improving what was originally thefittest track in the West.RESULTA comparatively straight and levelroadbed ballasted with dustless Sher.man granite, rendering possible thehighest rate of speed, together withthe greatest degree of safety. Themagnitude of the work must be seento be appreciated.WHAT DOES IT MEAN?.olid comfort, security and pleasureto our patrons.ARE YOU GOING EAST?If so, you cannot afford to go via anyother than this ROYAL HIGHWAY.Further information on applicationpersonally or by letter toH. O. WILSON, O, S. L,Butte, Montana.Atchison,Tope kas&Santa fe Ry. Co.SANTA FPB ROUTB3 Trains DallyFrom Denver to Kansas City and Chi.cago. Also the direct line to Galveston, El Paso, City of Mexico ind tbhemining camps of New Mexie. and Ad.gone.For particulars about the REDUCED RATES EAST thie summerapply to C. F., WARREN,General Agent, 4t5 Dooly Block SaltLake City, Uta,.IS ESSENTIALLY the men's store of Butte-.oneside of our establishment, with a separate entrancecis devoted exclusively to men's wear. Our greatDiscount Sale of Suits and OvercoatsMarks an epoch in the clothing trade. Every man inButte knows the character of our clothing. We neitherbuy nor sell "job lots" or "seconds." All our clothingis made expressly for us by the Stein Bloch Co. andHart, Schaffner & Marx. We sell no other. This saleincludes every suit and ovey coat in the store, as well asfour Overcoats and Separate Trousers25 Per Cent. Off Every GarmentSpecial marked down prices for men's underwear, glovesand furnishingsPuafahr ,Preparatory to joing East, IBrilljgadly et1 for my customers any such article asyou may Desire. I shall bepleased to djise the ordercareful consideration anddet for you the new thindsthat the market affords.R Lespectfully,,L Pfahl'.A GOOD MEALFOR 60 CENTSIt costs more to operate a dining-car than it doesto run a restaurant...and yet, in Burlington diners,priecs are no higher than in a good restaurant-..andnot nearly as high as in an expensive one.A good meal can be had for 6o cents and anexcellent one for half as much again.On the Burlington you can depend upon gettingjust what you want at a price you can afford to pay.Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, andEVERYWHERE beyond.Tickets, berths and information, at of.fces of connecting lines, or fromSH. P. RUGER, Rgent,35 East Broadway, Butte Moant.H. B. SEGUR,General Agent, Billings, Moent.The Best Friendthe NorthwestEver Had"The Road That Made theNorthwest Famous."LEAVES BUTTE.For St. Paul and East, daily..86 : p. m.Great Falls local, daily......p:4 a. m.ARRIVES BUTTEFrom St. Paul, daily...... so:: p.r.From Great Falls and Helena,daily ............... 4:4o0 p. m.FULL INFORMATION FROMCity Ticket Office, No. 4z North Mainstreet, Butte. J. 1. Dawson, GeneralAgent.All kinds of soal and weed.OII584 OOI. 0.V4. 4 ast Broadwy.pullman, Dining andLibrary Car Route toSALT LAKE DENVERKANSAS CITY OMAHACHICAGO ST. LOVISAnd All Bastoer PointsShort Lino ToColorado, Arizona and MexicoSan franclsco, Los Angeles(Oceon or Rail.)PORTLANDAnd All Paclfil qoast PolntsARRIVE. DEPART.No, p..... ( 404 p, I n. I No. I...4145 p. .INo, 7.....a :4· a.m, I a so...a 1 oe a. aTioket OffieE 108 N. Main StreetButte, Montana.H. 0. WILSON, GENERAL AST.